Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
2 Corinthians 7:9-11
I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
Jeremiah 31:8-9
'Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.
Jeremiah 31:15-20
Thus says the LORD: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more."
Jeremiah 50:4-5
In those days, and in that time,' says the LORD, 'the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek the LORD their God.
Daniel 9:3-19
And I turned to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
Daniel 10:2-3
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks.
Daniel 10:19
And he said, "Greatly loved man, do not be afraid, peace be to you; be strong, be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me."
Zechariah 12:10-14
I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
Luke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Luke 6:25
Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
John 16:20-22
Truly, truly, I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Romans 5:3-4
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
Hebrews 12:10-11
For they indeed, for a few days, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
James 1:2-4
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
James 4:8-10
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.